Variety (Jan 1927)

r 34 VARIETY Wednesday, January 12, 1927 NEWS FROM THE DAILIES TM% diM^rMi9M eofitalni r«wH«un tN^t«*ic«l ntwt IttMt at pub* tithed during tht wttk in th* dafljf paptrt of Hitw York, ehieaeo and the Pacific Coatt. Variety ttket no Ofodit for thota ntwt itomti each hat hmn rowritten from a iaily paper. NEW YORK rowell Orosloy, Jr.. Clncint'Hti radio manufacturer, ha8 been eicot- F ©d president of the De Forest Radio Conr\pany of Jersey City. Dr. life L . I>0 ForoBt 1h vlco-pre^lcl«.at, and Ei? consulting cnorineer. •" K4ward K. Shumaker, director and vice-president of tlio Victor Tallcing Machine Company, herom^^s president ot the concern, »uccec<ting ISIdrldgc R. JohnHon. Among tlioflo arrested for alit a^cd fraudulent stock manipulation at Albany laat week wore Frank Silva, a tifrht ropo walker, nominally president of the "Wall Street Icono- clast/' and Georgo Graham Rice, letter known In the courts as Joseph Simon Herzlg, treasurer of the same publication. Tiio affair is la connection with stbcic of the Co- lumbia Bmerald Development Cor- poration, owner of two.,IjQieraid |; BOiinea in^u^ Am^^ri^ A lai'go number of Broadway tho- atro colobritii-.s have volunteered their serviceH Jan. 16 at the Jolt^on theatre, funds to be donated toward the reconstruction of St. Matthews k Romaa . Catholic Church on West A. Barton llopburn, 2d. grand.»<on of the eminent banker, has joined the American Grand Guignol thea- tre, an cxperhucntal ffroup of play- ers. With tha aVirent of hfs 81st birthday he announced his Inten- tions of going «>n tine Hta^e. On the eamo day he camo:|nla half a mil- lion dollRrs, the fimt installment of an liUierltance of 110,000,000 to be ^aiareii iHtii Ida - maf,nato leased the Studebaker Theatre for production purposes. Muliael CudHhy, If, of Santa Barbara, Ca!., heir to meat packing millions, was jailed at the bequest of his morlier. Mrs. Bdna Cudahy, to previ-nt his marrlago to Marie Astalre. J 9-year-old actroRs with i*ed hair. JoMal* Zuhr opened tlie fourth .('MKon of his Sunday Hymphonic Society on Jaiiuaiy 9 at the Hainj)- d*n theatre. Soloist for the lirst concert Was. Marcel SaltlilffeF, hMi- tpno. , X Eui?eno O Neill's Ij a « a r u s Lauglu.d" will !»o presonted at the Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chi- cago, in March for the first time. Marlon Oedfng is directliicr. "Houso of Bondage'' has been withdmw&.£rom rehearsal In favor of "Now." Totlen-Hertz Produc- tUnw lijivf Ke?»t a letter to. Mayor Wulker to the. effect that,the> ean- celled itroduotion l>ecause the play mlj^'hi i.e objectionable In tlia Jat- ter's opinion. ot revolvers Mrs. Jones handed over two diamond rlngt aad W ta cash, and Mrs, Gallner a diamond rinf and $1. lh>h oParrfll, catcher and re- cently appointed manager of the St liouls Cardinals, is engaged to wed Arlino PMwardi*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. bi. G. Kdwardn. 735 Buckingham place, H urat -an- Qounoed by the girl's paronta. Mrs. Catharine Wlihclm. 21, wlio said she wsa an artist's model, caused tlie arrest of Nate Green- berg of the Commonwealtli Hotel. The girl cliarges Greenberg as- saulted her In his room whei-e she had gone on promise of a drink. Irving Gordon, bellboy, ia Iial4 an accomplice, Joyce Haw ley, reported to have left for I'ariH, was found at her home. 4412 8* HtcHmond atreat, by an "American" reporter. Brand's park, one of Chicago's nio.st famous betn' j?ardens and pic- nic grounds, will become a public park. Two women by-liiud as the wnters of two series of articles no"^ running In the Chicago Amer- ican are Fannie Ward, at the local Palace, and Josephine Libbie, for- mer choru.s girl, who Contends she is the widow of Karl "Hymie" Weiss and claima. a ahare of the .Miain gangstaifift- ^ apma aii .tbat count., ... :•■;•■.•:>:• • ' ■= . Queen Marie of Roumanla M to l>e granted i»i rmisslon to* make tlie lit>uiiiau4aii adaptation of 'The Waoden Kimono." I After a 10-yaar absence from the boards, • Soa • IIabia# nee »ylvla CuHhman, plaintiff in the Graham McNamee assault case, is returning to vaudeville liiidar tbe name of Gloria Ward ell. Miss Cushman has been, rehea^'slng two orchestras, Fred, |:4Ylaig8ton*a Society Sere- naders and MeKInnon's Orchestra, but it is not known with Which of these tlialfe. «a al>pear. AeCOfdlng to coUrt record*^, Mc- Namee is scheduled to face trial Jail.:^»1n Baatoavbat the ease wRl probably bo postponed imtll Sep- tembj^r^aad may npi oome up ut all, aa SyTHa la aocredfltad with the re- tention of a soft HrK»t Bomewhero In her-chest for her former sweet-, She recently flrcd a drummer for making uncom plimientary remarlcs ""^ tha W!BAF aimooBdetp. Figures published In London show that the Hritl.^h Isle.s and the DomiTiion.t? paid |;iS,000.000 last year to American picture producers aa rt^tai fdt^'imns oxhlblted. *fQa ma the. Venrs," now play by Wwlam Oaatoa, Is In rehearsal. Ralph Morgan has the lead. Pro* duction is under the direction of Wgourney Thayer and play is to be presented by Aleaaadtr JicKai^. Kenneth MoCfowan, former di- rector of the Actors' Theatre, has becomo advisory counsel of the Chicago Play Producing Company. Ira I4.*HU1 will divorce his wife so aa not to -hinder the romance be- tween her an« ^AMplM 1^^ actor, he says. fy; : Capt, Clmrl^ Burns, W^at .^7th Street police station, handed out three MJmmon.ses on a tour of in- spection of the night club district January B. oho of these Was pre- sented to the Club Dover for doing business after a a.m. The Cbmmo- dora dab and the Clubman^s Club were rewarde<l for allowing dancing on their premises without haviug been properly licensed. Feon Vanmar, former "Follie.s" gh'l, has Started suit for |10,000 against the Yellow Taxlcab Com- pany for Injuries suffered when one of Iheir tazit crushehd her foot. Ptatistii s yliow that theatre own- ers donated almost tl,000,QOO to bandits during 1020. Assistant Prohibition Director Alexander O. Jamie Indicated that action will be started through the d. a.'s office to j>adlock the entire office building at 108 N. Dearborn street, i^n the grouids the place las become a public nuisanco and a headquarters for bootleggers. In six of the building's &0 offices raids have revealed alleged booaa ettab- tishments. Also, 10 liquor permits held by local physleianH and druggists have been revoked by Administrator Yallowl^. .JJiegfekl will open the new theatre, at 6th avaauo and 64th streak Jan. 24. \ • * ^^^^^^^^^^^ Irving Bertih has left for Palm Beaeli to flhd a suitable librae for his wife and daughter. ■ Charlie Chaplin has filed suit for $£00,000 damages against the Pic- torial Review Company. The act:Jon is based on a series of articles on the life story of the comedian's life. Chaplin objects to being recorded as a former tramp. "Colette,^ new musical cometly. from the Geiman of Jacobsoii, Bo- da nsky and Robert Stolz. goes into r«fhe«r«il Jan. 10. The play is to be preftented by C!hMiles H. Abramson and Paul M. Trebitsoh. The effort of Mrs. Mabel Manton to revive hqr f60,00O alienation suit agaltiat Marforl^ Rambeau was de- feated. Mrs. Manton V: attorney neglected to serve Miss Ham beau la tht aHslnat nrtl iR^toh was dis- Aattmblyiaan Silward J. Cough- lia, of Kings County, New York, aanounced he would introduce a bin teitvlddiHg theatre managers to Increase their box oftlee prices for Saturdaya and holidays. Also pro- poses law limiting prise tight tickets to a top aC 16.50 including tttT. An ofiVrhijr of $950,000 gold notes was made, tliu money to be used for tho eon^iolidation c»f the >*^'Journal of ComnJeroti" and the New York "Comnieicial." Eddie Pldgeon iH dramatic editor of the "J. C," and Mrs. Torres of tho ••Commercial." Cteorge C Tyler Is to produce "En Garde!" a drama adapted from the French by Louis N. Parker. * First of a series of five- inlays to he staged this season by the Thre.s- hold MatJne«^ Th< aire will be "Cour- age," opening at the Princeap the- atre jCan. 17. John J. MOGulric, president of the Stanley Company, announced a $500,000 picture Ihcalro In the new residential secMon near Philadelphia which will soon develop through the completion of about 2,000 dwellings on tlie Ai onimik Country Club tract at Dreorel Hill. Tha now hausu will be a 2,ooo*-teater nBfl kavwn as the Droxel. . First Ameiiean performakkce of "The Liar." written by Qarto GolVloni for th^ Feshi! of Venice In lt60, will bo given by the Lenox Hill Players Jan. 1? at tho lAwren Theatre Stu dlo*. •• •: .0 ■,:■ . . ^ Eller Terry, In her 79th yenr, wns reported very 111 hut gaining ground in her fight against an at- tack of bromrhitis contr/ieied when she attended the theatre ChrlnlnKts alffht ift Londbn. ' CHICAGO Uosf* Belle, danecr, eluirging cruelty, has filed suit for divorce against Alfred Itichard lielle. iin porter, of New York. Aecordin^ to the press sloi y. Mih. Helle had brr*n studying dancing in I'ari.M ahd luid adftpled the custom of that city o going sans htO(^kings. Mr. Belle In sisted tltal *»he wear stockings upon their return here^ She did but rolled tlidii. Ml. )j(;lle also ohjt cte.d. Jli_ objection to scant leg coverlpg led to blows, It is charged. Mrs. Hamuel In.suU's tiualrieal iraaiurc, stnrted In. Chicago last faII, will teriiiiiiule its pre.'^f iit Hea.'-<>ri January 16 and will open again in October. Th^ * organlxntlon was known nn the Repertoire Tloalre Compao;. The \Tifo of th'; utilitio!. f n nn other mnrttjrt-mtjc-xip An thony Jarockl, 2H7 Oreen^irh H'rot t, tuxiil be w<tl get a divoiMx- .-ind hi» wife, JUilhe ij'owler. 10, linger, said that's fine because she's going home to mot Iter. ivlrs. A;Lron Jones. Jr., daughter- in-law of Aaron JonM, of Jfones T.inlrJr ^ S«ehaefer, and Mrs. f?. S. Ca liner. wereiielU up and robbed by tifo men as they alightod ^ from a taxi in .front of the C.tllnor home. OUie ChiU Sues A. A. League Head for $200,000 Kan.*<;m City, .Inn. 11. Oliie Chili, foxnur baHebuU um- pire for the American Asso.-^lalfon, has filed suit here for $200,000 dam- a?;efl against TlumeiK J. Hickey, president of ilie a.^Hoeiatioii, tor al- leged defamation of character.' The suit is bantd on a s.Ateraent. it Is el.'.inud. th«t lUcl.oy mafle to tho press following ChiU'B dibml^sal from tho association's staff o( um- pires last Jidy. Cliill, in his peti- tion, recites that tho all'-ged state- ment of liickey given to the Min- neapolis "Tribune," tliat he, CJhill. stayed one night at the Dixou hotel, Kansa.s City, and t h'iii<.red a bill of $2 to read $16 is false and made to defame his character. McGRAW VS. MORGAN iN NO niU CONTEST 1 FUGAZY'S 24.000 SEATER Arena to ba Lacalad in Long Island City-'-Ppposition to Qardisn Humbert (Jack) Fugacy ts Itolng to build a $6,000,000 sports arena similar to IMadlfon Sqnnre Oard<n in Long inland Cit^\ according to information. Tha silortdromo will have a rnpn- citj' of about f!4.000, and v. ill be capable of housing attractions ylm- ilar to those playing the new Qatdan. A S,OO0«seat*^iea!rft!> Is also Included In the building. • It Is understood Fugazy has <^ji- listed privati; capital, with one rt- part aU|lng Ihi^ ItiMNn bahka a^ ii ■ Joseph Ityro, 18, of Unlontown. Pa., was caught by the police while attempting to open the safe in the box ofHce of the Adams Theatre, Iioop grind picture house. Ryro said he had committed about 50 robberies in Uniontown but the box office' attaniiM iRia hia l^ral hero. • ''C The committee appointed by Maj'- or Dever to decide the traffic sit- uation here is considering a rule against tha vM^ ti i i lO oata Ml es la the iMaip^'- v: "The Shelf" closed at the Garrick and left for petroit SaMird^ ataht Ephraln We.«^twood, 81, of 11841 South State street, said to bo the assistant manager of a theatre here, was arrested on tho charge of con- tributing to the delinquency of two girls. 15 and 13. Westwood is mar- ried and the father of iwa ahlldtaa* and jewels to the .amount, of $4,17i'>, she reported ta police. Bin'glars am. alleged to haVO sacked her home in Hollywood. Ceraldlne CJerald, an s-ho Ls lkUOv\a on the screen, was granted a final decree of divorce from F. E. liOWry. assistant motion pietm director, on the grounds of desertion. An inter- locutory decree was granted a year ago, but since that time she has Imd liowi^ Into court more than IT* times on complaints that he had faMI la pay aHmaay paampUy, James Hopr.in, screen director, un- der contr;t( i to Universal, was or- dered arrested on a bench warriint for alleged failure to pay his fornjer wife alimony. He is said to be $400 in arrears. Judge Summerfield. or- dered the warrant LsKued. Natl I Barr, Husslan actress, who has been signed by First National, stopped ofC hera Oh her way to Hol- lywood. Stella Kobus, 19, of. 2339 South California avenue, is suing Charles Mitchell, owner of a Cicero picture house, for $25,000 damages, charging she was injured for life when he forced her to jump from his nute^ mobile, going 40 miles an hour. Mitchel Is married. Througli a del>»y in preparation the Chicago Art '|"heatro compiuiy has postponed its oncatng fTOQI Jan. 14 to Jan. 28. Fred IT. Orifflth, 46, who says he Is a relative of Corlnno Griffith, was brought back to Chicago from Mansfield, la., on a ciiaqge of pass- ing a phoney $500 check on a local bank. Griffith is also . accused of marrying aa4 doMtldlnt MTaral women: The body of a well-dressed man, stranirled and robbed, was found in a yard between SI21 and tt2t 8. Dearborn street, the "btaC^ afA lAll" cabaret district. ' .. t^. . . "fireat Temptation.M," current at the Apollo, calls attention to the fact that three girls In the show have b» en married during the Chi- cago engagement. Poppy Morton and Henri Phlltlpt, Los Angalc; rt-jiUor. wed Dec. 8; I..illl,'(n Pierce and Frank Grllllth. New York the- atrical man, followed on the 18th, and Jf aniif. I^rau nnd Abe Mchr of Chicago on the 27th. « ■* LOS ANGELES HonuMiu Harris, 22, claiming to be an usheretto In a downtown the- atre, ju rested and held for ti tal on a fraudult^nt check charge. She is allopred to have attempted to buy a $r>00 far coat, tendering a check in payment, when her bank aootiunt was eAastly $5. Virginia T.ee Corbln. ficreen art .;^«s, wi^^rvi»bod^a)i,(ars, ^ofi^ Marion Spottiswoodie AlU<*n Wil- son, former wife of Francis Spottis- woode Aiken, veteran pictvn star, pleaded before Judgo Summerfield that her three children be taken from the custody of their father and turned over to her. Aiken, !»ome months ago, won a hotly contested divorce action, and was awarded custody of the three minor children. The mother's application waf rc- Hirred to probattan affiaiaia Ibr In - voaligatloiiw Ferdinand Pinney' Karie, artist and film director, was divorced by his wife. Charlotte Christine Earle, on grounds of cruet and Inhuttinn treatment. A property settlement, reix>rted to involve holdings wor^h thousahds, is said to hava htcn mada^ , ■■ ' ■• »• -^-^ Miinr* Astatra, la. sclrfeti actress, and Michael Ciidahy. 19, son of the lato P. J. (Jack) Cudahy, millionaire packer of Kansas Cfty; Were tolled In an elopment attempt whc-n the boy's mother teleiphoned tiio mar- riage license >1erfc« bath here and at SanUi Ana to deny them a li- cense. Cudahy and his prospective brida finally left, dat^rigmed to se- cure Mrg. Cutlaliy'.s wj itten consent, Cudahy a year a go^was reppr^ed engaged'^o Joati Orawflord. Stephen K. II. Blakesiey, actor and col lego graduate, pleaded In vain with Superior Judge Victor McLrUcas for another chance when convicted ba a charge of forgery, re- ceiving one year In JalU , Roy A. iiarle#^ soii of a Imos A^ les cafe owner, appeared in court one (lay too early to secure a final decree of divorce from Marie Mos- quinl, tereen actress, bein.*? informed by the court that hl.<-; application to make permanent thA interlocutory decree awarded in \h<: u ifi; lM<.k» d one day of the yenr neee.«aary. John Tt\e<\ iiK)(i:tji pi»:(>ire dij<;, tor-prodU( ei". likd .«<uit ri»r divorce against KUa Itwe, charging crucUy and de.scrlii'i). Th* c(.iij>h> wvvc marrl«-d July ID, IS'JS, ami separated Nov. 14.'192JI. Junior Champ Gets Worst of Oeoision to Phil--Both Over tiM Limit •V JACK fUtASKI AVith th6< odds threa to two against him. Phil McQraw, the lively lightweight from Detroit, was awarded tlio decision over Tod Morgan, Junior lighta'eight cham- pion, who hails from the coast. Perhaps the last 30 .seconds of tho 10 rounds shoved the scales in fa- vor of Phil for it seemed that Mor* gan had the bast of the point score. It looked that way to many at ringside. A draw at best, but you never can' tell how the judges will sea It. ^Pod's title was not at atalia* tho bout belnj; at catchwelghts with Xtorgan a half pound over the 130-pound limit. TJiat would have made no diftereaaa had the De- troit florist come In at evens. As was, McGraw weighed 134 pounds, and bet^ides it was not billed aH a titte contest. McQraw has stood up against some of the best of the lightweights. No doubt about him making an ex- cellent c<Nit!Wit Of It against > Mor- gsn, but the champ is clearly the better boxer. He crossed with his right to Phil's Jaw any number of times, If i,he touched the button, McQraw didn't seem to mind it. As a matter of fact so lusty a socker as Aco Huclgijus couldn't make Phil take backwatar. Always coming and ready to mix it up, McGraw made Morgan go out and step to get. ahead after the flra:t five rounds. And l^od did Just that but apparently did not pile up enough pointy to offf^et Mc- tlraw's last rush. He was pepper- ing Tod's map with both handg when the bell rang. Barbarian Loses ^Id Barbarian, alno of Detroit, and a atableniate of McGraw's, lost ou% In the semi-final to Bpug Meyers, highly touted kid from Idaho. 8id la sure one tough nut and a deadly i^ocker with his left wing, being a southpaw. He rough- ed the less experienced westerner but he could not dodge Spug's right. Barbarian shot somo wicked sa ol ia. ta Meyers* body but navar slowed up tho boy fiom Pocatella, a place Spug put* on the map when he k. o.ed Billy Wallace. The lat- ter's rep includes having stoppoA liOuIs Kid Kaplan. Meyers s^med inclined to hit low but sucii blows landed on 8id's thigha and ha mada no squawk. Both boys were warned at times for improper tactics. To defeat sucli an iron man as Barbarian maaaa aamathing, and Mayors tg due to give the otjier boys at tha weight, aom^tidng to think about. Preiirpinaries Tha first of the three 10-ronndara had Billy White of Jersey City against Harry Cook, a rugged Negro boxer from Buffalo. It was a BMdIocre bout. Neither boy ap- I)eared able to land a telling blaw and it looked like* a draw. The judges, however, thought White ahomd get the honor. Tha aeho was a hea^ vaaai objectiott from the bugs. Jack Bernstein, former junior Ughtwaight titleholder, was intro- duced, before the main event, an- nounced aa anxious to meet tho winner. McGraw is certainly afraid of Jack and it will probably mean that ha must win in order to get another crack at the crown. They say that Bernstein is in excellent trim and that the "junionir* and lirb-pounders have been sldestf^- ping a match with him. ,R.1Y Wheeler. 2S». nmtii.n ^li. tpr- extra, arreMted on suspicion of h<»lnf: (•no of a trio cf biiiidits who luld nii a Ltoti Angel* s KUb service station. Wm:.im T.loyd Uowley and h'lA wl(e, Hazel Kuwb'y, on the i-ve C'f thaffr divorce action in superior Coiirf. T.f»P An. -l* s, (h » irh-tl Ik m.ikf up. A wire ivmu tiic KaM wb^^it.- the couple are appearing in a vauii* - \ l.lle act sayin;r thf?y bad palchcd up UUoir Ui|ljinati^^s. ^ Jockey Attempt Suicide Salt Lake City, Jan. 11, A jockey suffarlng from cold and expcMure, the result of an auto- mobile accident, attempUd to take his life according to reports reach- ing here from Colorado. There were three jockois in the machire at tho time of tho spill, all well kuown here and namely George Williams, B. Buckley and J. Small- Wo<>U. The report fails to mention which one of the men tried to destroy millgyif, but HlHiBB llial ii i iailj all fro'/e I ffore being picked tijv nfter t' eir car had plunged off the road. •» V.V' •eagmiller Canvaleteiag ShU Lr.ke City. .Tnn. It. ,W. W. Seegmiller, ihe big gun it) racing circles of this State, is un der treatment at the L. D. B. hos- t»ital brr.-, and recovering from ope»*ation for appenttJeUis. d-.'» 1:.'^' .•'.•ni. >*!.. , .i